Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-12-24
Difficulty: Super Strenuous
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 77 // Our Count: 76.1
Avg Miles per Day: 7 miles
Total Elevation: -356ft ↕ (17,392ft↑/17,748ft↓) // -109 meters ↕ (5,301m↑/5,410m↓)
Year: 2025
Day 1: Base Camp
Sleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 0.0 miles / 0 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: 0ft ↕ (0ft↑/0ft↓) // 0 meters ↕ (0m↑/0m↓)
Program: Opening Campfire
Day 2: Trail Camp - Food Pickup
Trailhead: Ponil TrailheadSleep at: Bluestem - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 3.1 miles / 5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,934 ft // 2,418 meters
Hiking Elevation: 855ft ↕ (1,162ft↑/307ft↓) // 261 meters ↕ (354m↑/94m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, Dry Camp, Cantina
Day 3: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Pueblano - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.9 miles / 9.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,072 ft // 2,460 meters
Hiking Elevation: 126ft ↕ (1,371ft↑/1,245ft↓) // 38 meters ↕ (418m↑/379m↓)
Program: Continental Tie & Lumber Co
Day 4: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Placer - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 5.5 miles / 8.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,516 ft // 2,900 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,464ft ↕ (1,795ft↑/331ft↓) // 446 meters ↕ (547m↑/101m↓)
Program: Trail Camp
Day 5: Trail Camp - Food Pickup & Layover
Sleep at: Placer - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 12.0 miles / 19.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,516 ft // 2,900 meters
Hiking Elevation: -9ft ↕ (3,843ft↑/3,852ft↓) // -3 meters ↕ (1,171m↑/1,174m↓)
Commisary: Baldy Town
Program: Baldy Mountain Hike, Historic Baldy Town
Day 6: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Mistletoe - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 11.0 miles / 17.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,361 ft // 2,548 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,158ft ↕ (1,350ft↑/2,508ft↓) // -353 meters ↕ (411m↑/764m↓)
Program: Rocky Mountain Fur Co., Low COPE, Dry Camp
Day 7: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Cimarron River - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 4.0 miles / 6.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,341 ft // 2,238 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,021ft ↕ (163ft↑/1,184ft↓) // -311 meters ↕ (50m↑/361m↓)
Program: Trail Camp
Day 8: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Sawmill - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 9.0 miles / 14.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,219 ft // 2,810 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,875ft ↕ (2,360ft↑/485ft↓) // 572 meters ↕ (719m↑/148m↓)
Program: 30.06 Rifle Shooting & Reloading
Day 9: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Cyphers Mine - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.1 miles / 8.2 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,316 ft // 2,840 meters
Hiking Elevation: 141ft ↕ (1,077ft↑/936ft↓) // 43 meters ↕ (328m↑/285m↓)
Program: Trail Building, Assaying & Mining History
Day 10: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Cimarroncito - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.8 miles / 7.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,145 ft // 2,483 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,189ft ↕ (1,189ft↑/2,378ft↓) // -362 meters ↕ (362m↑/725m↓)
Commisary: Ute Gulch
Program: Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 11: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Shaefers Pass - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 6.0 miles / 9.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,791 ft // 2,679 meters
Hiking Elevation: 578ft ↕ (1,639ft↑/1,061ft↓) // 176 meters ↕ (500m↑/323m↓)
Program: Dry Camp
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Tooth Ridge TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 9.7 miles / 15.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -2,018ft ↕ (1,443ft↑/3,461ft↓) // -615 meters ↕ (440m↑/1,055m↓)
Program: Climb Shaefers Peak, Climb Tooth of Time, Hike into Base Camp via Tooth Ridge Trail, Closing Campfire
¹ This is the official distance published by Philmont. This is the shortest possible amount you could hike that day. Depending on your crew's navigational abilities, you could hike a LOT more than this.